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Patent GB-191019098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Indicating Devices for Automobiles and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: FAULKNER JOHN HENRY
IPC: B60Q1/34
Filed: 1910-08-13
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 19,098. Faulkner, J. K. Aug. 13. [Addition to 16,293/08.] Road-vehicle signals.-In a route and direction indicator of the kind described in the parent Specification, the several indicators are arranged to be moved into the same indicating position. A reverse indicator 68 is also used. The indicating - fingers 15, 16 are raised by a small movement of the steering wheel, further movement of the operating- wire being allowed for by the springs 25. The two fingers are interlocked by the bar 39. The stop indicator is operated by a foot brake and by a hand brake. The indicators close bell contacts during their movement and bring the illuminating lamp into circuit when they are in the indicating position. The box 1 containing the apparatus is waterproof, and nuts 49 are provided outside the box for adjusting the transmission wires.
Patent GB-191019360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Ventilating Railway and other Carriages.
Inventor: GAIN FELIX
IPC: B61D27/00
Filed: 1910-08-17
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 19,360. Gain, F. Aug. 17. Ventilators, terminal.-Relates to detail improvements in railway and other carriage ventilators, of the type in which vertical glass louvers 1 are pivotally mounted in upper and lower cross-pieces 6, 7, and are carried by a coupling-rod 14 which enables them to be displaced together. The pivots 5 of the louvers 1 are held in position by bearings 8 screwed to the cross-pieces 6. The shoes 2 of the louvers have radially-recessed lugs 11, which are engaged by pins 13 on the longitudinally-guided rod 14. The ventilator is operated from the inside by a bar 17 fixed to one of the strips and carrying a hinged handle 18, and from the outside by a handle 19 integral with one of the pivot pins of the louvers.
Patent GB-191020958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piano Playing Mechanism.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1910-09-08
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 20,958. Lake, W. E., [Aeolian Co.]. Sept. 8. Player-pianos; blowing and exhausting air; expression, controlling; treadle devices.-In an automatic piano, two sets of pumping bellows are provided, which can be operated by treadles and an electric motor respectively. The performer uses either set of bellows separately, or both sets together for producing loud playing effects. The treadles 5 are hinged to a bar, mounted on pivoted links 7, and are connected by rods 4 to bellows behind the reservoir-board 2. The electric motor 16 is mounted on hinged arms 17, and drives a shaft 12, which operates the bellows 11, through a belt 14 and pulleys 13, 15. A spring 18 assists in supporting the motor and in damping out vibrations. The speed of the motor is controlled by a rheostat. the contact-arm 20 of which is operated against the action of springs 25 by means of a pedal 24. A spring-pressed catch 27 is provided for holding the contact - arm in the position shown until the pressure on the pedal 24 is entirely released. Alternatively, the contact-arm may be controlled by a push-button 28.
Patent GB-191021353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Bolster and Pillow Cases.
Inventor: HARKER CHARLES
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 1910-09-14
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 21,353. Harker, C. Sept. 14. Bolster and pillow slips are formed with two flaps at one or both ends. One of the flaps b is folded over the end of the inserted bolster &c. and into the case, and a separate piece of material d, supplied with the case, is attached to the other flap c by an insertion of lace, crochet, &c. e to give a decorative effect. An edging of fancy needlework &c. f may be added to the piece d.
Patent GB-191022860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hoes.
Inventor: BILSLAND JOHN CLEARENCE
IPC: A01B1/22
Filed: 1910-10-03
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 22,860. Bilsland, J. C. Oct. 3. Hinged bifurcated handles.-In a hand hoe, the blade is adjustably connected to the handle by means of brackets having teeth held in engagement with. teeth on a resilient yoke by means of screw bolts and a turn-buckle. The resilient yoke 7 is fixed to the handle 8 and has eyes 10 provided with radial teeth 12 to engage with corresponding teeth on eyes 15 of brackets 13, to which the blade B is fastened. The teeth are held in contact by bolts 19 passing through the eyes 10, 15 and screwing into a turn-buckle C, which consists of a milled or currugated tube.
Patent GB-191023772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-propellers for Flying Machines.
Inventor: WUNDERLICH ALFRED
IPC: B64C11/00
Filed: 1910-10-13
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 23,772. Wunderlich, A. Oct. 13. Screw and like propellers.-Propellers for flying-machines are constructed with a number of blades, each blade being formed of several portions separated by open spaces. The portions 1 ... 6 of each blade are secured to the shaft 7 by rings 11, and are arranged so that the pitch increases from the entering portion 1 to the trailing portion 6. The blades are of wood and are secured to the cross-pieces 12 by rivets &c. A circular rim 8 is fitted to the tips of the blades, which are secured to it by wires passing through eyelets in the blades, and is provided with apertures to lighten it. Wires 18 secure the portions of the blade rigidly with respect to the adjacent portions, and stays 20 are secured to a ring 27 on the shaft 7. Stays 23 are also fitted and connect the rim 8 with the shaft.
Patent GB-191026358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Grinding or Polishing.
Inventor: JONES GIRALDUS
IPC: B24B7/02
Filed: 1910-11-12
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 26,358. Jones, G. Nov. 12. F l a t extended surfaces, surfacing and polishing. -A grinding or polishing machine for articles having plane surfaces comprises a rotary grinding or polishing wheel a, and a carrier b upon which i s clamped the article d to be treated, t h e carrier being supported upon the grinding - wheel and free to give in any manner upon same. The carrier is reciprocated and oscillated upon the grinder by a fly-wheel f, and has adjustable side projections j which strike against stops i and impart a lateral motion to the carrier.
Patent GB-191026713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: HORNE ALEXANDER DEWAR
IPC: F16T1/02
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 26,713. Horne, A. D. Nov. 17. Piston packing.- Packing for a piston B in a steam-trap consists of disks of rubber D, D<1> and metal H, with a layer of gutta-percha E and layers of plumbago, not shown, a spring G being used to keep the packing compressed. The piston retains expansible fluid F in a cylinder A.
Patent GB-191102570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Cardboard Boxes and the like.
Inventor: COLE ALEXANDER
IPC: B65D5/14
Filed: 1911-02-01
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 2570. Cole, A., and Smalldridge, W. J. Feb. 1. [Cognate Application, 17,321/11.] Boxes made from special blanks; lids and covers; corner joints.-The body of a box is made from a rectangular blank scored to form the bottom, back, lid C, and front B. The lid projects over the front and is preferably secured by rivets I driven through its projecting portion and through flaps carried by the front and folded over this portion. The ends E are made from blanks cut and scored to form flaps folded against or over the ends of the box body, and also secured by rivets I or equivalent fastenings, so that the box cannot be opened without tearing it. The ends may be provided with flaps at the top edges only, and the remaining edges secured to the body in any known manner, and the box may be strengthened by rectangular pieces of wood inserted in the ends. To facilitate opening, a row L of perforations or slits is made along each side of the cover.
Patent GB-191105143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fixing Bristles in Tooth Brushes.
Inventor: KRANZ ALFRED
IPC: A46B3/16
Filed: 1911-03-01
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 5143. Kranz, A. March 1. Toothbrushes; bristles, fixing.-Flat bundles of bristles are secured in correspondingly-shaped recesses o, o<1> in a toothbrush by flat anchorplates k toothed or roughened on the sides and inserted longitudinally. The slots o, o<1> are preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191108391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Northrop Looms.
Inventor: MARCHAL ALFRED
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1911-04-04
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 8391. Marchal, A. July 19, 1910, [Convention date]. Shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, a1ttornatically. - In Northrop looms, groups of weft-ends are clipped between the convex abutting surfaces of cups e, e<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, mounted on square pins g sliding in slideways f on a circular support d, which rotates with the cop magazine. Each support falls by the action of gravity to the bottom of its slideway, and thus stretches the threads, until the cups reach the line x-x, after which they begin to move to the other end of the slideway, thus slackening the threads, so that when the corresponding bobbins are transferred the threads are not broken. The threads from the cops pass through grooves d<1> in the periphery of the support d, the threads being tensioned between the magazine and the support d by means of a flexible ring of plush &c. near the bottom of the grooves d<1>. The cups e are pressed against the cups e by springs h, the cups e<1> abutting against washers i. The cups e, e<1> have square holes, so as to prevent them'from turning on the pins g.
Patent GB-191109611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heating Systems.
Inventor: NESBIT DAVID MEIN
IPC: F24D1/00
Filed: 1911-04-20
Granted: 1912-04-22
Abstract: 9611. Nesbit, D. M. April 20. Heating buildings.-In steam heating-systems in which separate devices are used to deal with the air and condensation water, a condenser or air-pump, or both, are used for extracting the air, and a discharge apparatus, for example a trap, for the condensation water. In one modification, both of these devices operate on a separating-tank into which the return from the system delivers. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a condenser h acts directly on one portion d of the exhaust from a set of engines b, the other portion c delivering to the distribution drum f of a heating-system. The return drum i of the system delivers into the trap l discharging water into a heater, and is also in communication through the pipe m and vacuum reducing-valve k with the condenser h. Specifications 25,234/02 and 24,573/10 are referred to.
Patent GB-191110336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Plates for use in Machines such as those known as Addressograph Machines.
IPC: B41L47/02
Filed: 1911-04-28
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 10,336. Addressograph, Ltd., [Duncan, J. S.]. April 28. Printing - surfaces. - A printing-plate for addressing-machines has a recessed panel 1 on which the printing-characters are stamped up so as to be below the surface of the border portions 2. The top and bottom portions 2 provide recesses in the back of the plate in which information cards 11, 12 are held by the rearwardly turned outer edges of these portions and by lugs formed by stamping out the slots 3, 9. A double row of slots 3 are stamped out at the top of the plate, to take the shanks 5 of removable index tabs 6, 7. The shape of the plate gives it great stiffness and prevents the information cards from being smudged by contact with inked portions of the machine or of other plates, and the raised printing characters, not being covered at the back, are easily read.
Patent GB-191113468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Steam Boiler Feeding Apparatus.
Inventor: GRAVENHORST HERMANN
IPC: F22D5/04
Filed: 1911-06-06
Granted: 1912-06-06
Abstract: 13,468. Gravenhorst, H. June 6. Feed-water, controlling.-Relates to controlling-apparatus in which the feed-valve is operated by differences in the weight of a hollow oblong vessel in communication with the boiler and mounted on a lever connected to the valve. The vessel is placed in communication with the boiler by tubes in such a manner that when the communication between the tubes and the surface of the water is interrupted, water flows from the vessel, and the water in the vessel is displaced towards the fulcrum of the lever, thus quickening the operation of the valve. The vessel a on a lever b connected to the feed-valve g communicates with the boiler through flexible tubes l, k. The vessel is pivoted on the lever, and its inclination may be adjusted by a quadrant and pin.
Patent GB-191118527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Crane Locomotives.
IPC: B66C23/50
Filed: 1911-08-16
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 18,527. Hawthorn, Leslie, & Co., R. & W., and Straker, C. E. Aug. 16. Jib cranes.-Crane locomotives in which the crane is entirely carried on or supported by the frame of the locomotive in a similar manner to that described in Specification 22,489/09, are provided with separate electric motors for slueing and lifting the crane. The turntable 7 carrying the jib 10 and counterweight 11 runs on rollers on the lower path 5, which is carried by castings 3 arching over the boiler. The turntable 7 is revolved by an electromotor 15 through the medium of worm gearing 18 and a toothed pinion 20 engaging teeth on the outside of the turntable. Another electromotor drives the lifting-drum 28 through reducing- gearing. Both motors are supplied with current from a dynamo 13 driven by an engine, such as a turbine, supplied with steam from the boiler.
Patent GB-191127046-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process and Means for the Production of Wood Screws and the like.
Inventor: RICHARDS CHARLES
IPC: B23G1/06
Filed: 1911-12-04
Granted: 1912-12-04
Abstract: 27,046. Richards, C., and Richards, A., [trading as Richards & Sons, C.]. Dec. 4. Turning wood-screws.-A wood-screw gimleting-machine has a floating work spindle e which is periodically driven and fed axially from a rotating sleeve d by a cam-faced lever i and dog p, The machine is of the type in which the work is advanced towards the tools, which start cutting at the front end of the work and are retracted as cutting proceeds. The lever i, Figs. 1 and 6, is carried by a strap secured to the rotating sleeve, and is operated to engage the dog p by a cone k operated by a hand-lever o. A collar w, which moves radially with the spindle e but does not rotate with it, carries guide-rods w<1>, w<2>, upon the former of which is mounted a templet z for controlling the pivoted tool-holder y. The work is steadied by screwed guides 4. The axial feed and rotation of the work spindle stops automatically as soon as the dog p passes out of contact with the cam i<1> and the spindle is retracted after the operation by a treadle u.
Patent GB-191129107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roundabouts.
Inventor: STEINERT PAUL
IPC: A63G1/28
Filed: 1911-12-27
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 29,107. Steinert, P. Jan, 9, [Convention date]. Roundabouts. - A roundabout consists of a rotatable framework a which supports hammock seats b for the riders. Balls, rollers, or wheels c are arranged on a support in the path of the seats, so that the riders are alternately lifted and dropped as the seats pass over the balls &c. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) also mentions that the seats may be rocked through the medium of levers, ropes, or the like. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191202059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Folding Sheets of Paper or the like.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: B65H45/16
Filed: 1912-01-25
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 2059. Lake, H. W., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. Jan. 25. Folding paper.-A machine for folding sheets of paper or the like, of the kind in which the sheets are fed over a folding-blade whereby they are tucked into travelling jaws which carry them away and are opened to deliver the folded product, is so constructed that the folding-jaws are normally stationary relatively to their carrier but are moved relatively thereto during the folding operation by a movable guide or cam. The jaws are normally maintained by a fixed cam member so as to point in the direction of travel prior to the folding operation, and are moved through two right-angles by a moving cam member so as to point in the opposite direction, the sheet trailing after its folded edge. As shown, the sheets are fed over a support 1 fitted with a fixed blade 3, and they are registered by a front stop (not shown). The sheets are fed in a direction parallel to the shaft 5 of a cylinder 4 which carries the folding- jaws 6, so that longitudinal folds are formed in the sheets. The jaws 6 comprise a fixed member 7 secured by screws to a tubular shaft 9 mounted in the cylinder 4 and fitted with an arm 24 fitted with rollers 25, 26, which are normally engaged by fixed guides 27, 28 and keep the jaws stationary relatively to the cylinder 4. The other jaw member 8 is fixed to a shaft 12 which can rotate in the shaft 9, and is normally pressed by a spring 14 against the jaw 7. Prior to the folding operation, the jaws 7, 8 point in the direction of travel, and during the folding operation they are rotated by the engagement of the roller 26 with one of the cam slots 31, 32, 33 in a rotating member 30, and the jaws are moved to the positions shown in Figs. 5 and 7 to co-operate with the blade 3 to form the fold. From the position shown in Fig. 7, the jaws rotate so as to point in a direction opposite to the motion of the cylinder 4, and then they trail the sheet until a fixed cam 20 acts on a roller 19 on an arm 18 fixed to the shaft 12, so as to open the grippers and allow the folded sheet to be delivered by bands 40, 42. The bands 40 assist in carrying the sheets from the folding to delivery positions. The jaw 8 may be positively opened during the folding operation if desired. As shown, folding takes place during alternate revolutions of the cylinder 4, but two sets of jaws may be carried by the cylinder, or two cams 30 may be used, to ensure one folding operation for each rotation of the cylinder. Or, as shown in Fig. 12, the same effect can be obtained by the use of two sets of gripping-jaws comprising fixed members 51, 57 on a tubular shaft 50, and spring- controlled movable members 52, 56 on a shaft 60, the shafts 50, 60 being controlled similarly to the shafts 9, 12 respectively. As shown in Fig. 14, the folding-blade 3 is pivoted and is controlled by a spring 83.
Patent GB-191204066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hoppers for Producing Cellulose Plates and Films.
Inventor: BRANDENBERGER JAQUES EDWIN
IPC: B29C48/08
Filed: 1912-02-17
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 4066. Brandenberger, J. E. March 22, 1911, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Apparatus for making films. - A slotted tubular receptacle, arranged horizontally, is provided with an arrangement whereby cellulose solution is supplied under pressure, and thus issues from the slot on to a support in the coagulation bath independently of the action of gravity.
Patent GB-191206980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Interlocking Concrete Slabs or Blocks for use in Building Concrete Walls, Sheet Piling, Groins and other Structures.
Inventor: NEAL ROBERT HENRY
IPC: E02D5/12
Filed: 1912-03-21
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 6980. Neal, R. H. March 21. Breakwaters and dams; groins, beach; piling. -Concrete slabs or blocks a, Figs. 1 and 3, for making groins, breakwaters, walls, partitions, sheet-piling, dams, &c. are provided with overlapping lugs b, b<1> having perforations e by means of which they may be interlocked by means of reinforced-concrete piles or posts f. If desired, the lugs may be provided with tongues c, which engage with grooves d, and the upper and lower longitudinal contacting faces or edges of the slabs may be ribbed and grooved or recessed for facilitating interlocking, or grooved or recessed for binding with cement.
Patent GB-191211988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Brooches and the like.
Inventor: WYNN JOHN HENRY
IPC: A44B9/18
Filed: 1912-07-01
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 11,988. Wynn, J. H. July 1. Sliding-pin fastenings.-Relates to fastenings for brooches of the type comprising a pair of hooklike pins at the back of the brooch, one of which is adapted to yield against spring pressure, and consists in an arrangement whereby the pins f, c are turned laterally slightly away from one another and also, when in their normal position, have their points slightly overlapping. The pin c is carried by a plunger b pressed forwards by a spring g, the pin f being soldered to the brooch casing and extending inwards to form an abutment for the plunger b.
Patent GB-191217049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metal Boxes for Containing Paste, Powders and the like.
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 1912-07-22
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 17,049. Reckitt & Sons, and Strachan B. L. July 22. Lids and covers.-The lid of a metal box for containing pastes, powders, &c. has its edge curled inwards at 2, Figs. 1 and 3, so that it may snap into a recess in the body of the box. The recess is formed at the junction of two portions of different diameters, the box being either formed as shown in Fig. 1 or as in Fig. 3. The lid can be removed by twisting a knife or coin inserted as shown, or by striking it with a suitable object.
Patent GB-191220468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Floors of Buildings and the like.
Inventor: CANCALON FRANCOIS
IPC: E04B5/44
Filed: 1912-09-09
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 20,468. Cancalon, F. Oct. 27, 1911, [Convention date]. Ceiling blocks. -A floor is formed with a lower or ceiling portion consisting of hollow interlocking bricks or blocks with reinforcements in the joints, as shown. Concrete ribs are cast in situ above the blocks.
Patent GB-191222633-A (GB)
Title: Lead Pencil Holder with Adjustable Lead.
Inventor: GERSPACHER ENGELBERT
IPC: B43K21/02
Filed: 1912-10-04
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 22,633. Gerspacher, E. Oct. 18, 1911, [Convention date]. [Addition to 954/11.] No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pencil-holders. - The resilient abutment-piece F described in the parent Specification, or as modified in Specification 5139 / 11, is mounted on the upper shoulder of the opening in the holder A and enclosed by an external closing - piece E, the object being to use up the lead to a greater extent. A pusher m is arranged at the lower end of the opening in order to extrude the lead - holding sleeve B from its inmost position. When the abutment-piece F is a spiral spring as described in Specification 5139/11, the spring is also provided with a radial' bend k at its lower end, and the lower end of the slot G in the sleeve B is closed, the engagement of the bend k with the end of the slot preventing the complete withdrawal of the sleeve B while the closing - piece E is in position on the end of the holder.
Patent GB-191223937-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Breaking or Splitting Coal, Ice and the like.
Inventor: MATHEWS CHARLES LISSON
IPC: F25C5/04
Filed: 1912-10-19
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 23,937. Mathews, C. L. Oct. 19. Pokers.- Relates to devices for splitting coal, &c., comprising a splitting- point and a striking- member slidably mounted within a tube, which may serve as a domestic poker The enlarged head d of the splitting - point c is packed rouod with suitable fibre d<1> so that it slides with some degree of friction within the tube a in order to prevent splintering of the coal or the like by the rebound of the point. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the striking-plunger e is screwed into an outer tube b provided with a weighted head b<1> and is guided longitudinally by a pin f and a slot g. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the head d of the needle c and the end of the plunger e are shaped to overlap. The plunger is brought into operative position by giving it a pull and half-turn, and is controlled during this movement and its subsequent reciprocation by the pin l and slots m, m<1>, m<2>.